Andy Murray’s Legacy and Career at a Crossroads Heading into 2015

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Published: December 22, 2014

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Andy Murray may or may not be finished adding Grand Slam titles to his legacy as he prepares for 2015. He has plenty of wins and at least a few more trophies to collect, but is he fighting against the tides of a gradual career decline?

Murray is at a crossroads. The upcoming tennis year will likely rediscover another path to glory, or it will run him into unpleasant writing on the wall.

 

Murray’s Legacy

Depending upon how you rate Murray’s accomplishments in this generation, his legacy is somewhere inside the best 20-25 careers in the Open era. He’s ahead of Thomas Muster and Patrick Rafter, and his career numbers rank ahead of the more talented Marat Safin.

He’s behind stars such as Ilie Nastase, Gustavo Kuerten and Lleyton Hewitt, if only because he could not capture the No. 1 ranking with an important spell of dominance. Fans could argue that the strength of his contemporaries could swing greater support in his direction.

Murray owns the 2012 U.S. Open and 2013 Wimbledon titles, the latter one of the most historic major wins in recent history. He appeared in five other major finals, losing three times to Roger Federer and twice to Novak Djokovic. He has nine Masters 1000 championships and the 2012 Olympics singles gold medal as highlights to his 31 career titles.

He is already a sure-fire, hall-of-fame player, and we can pencil him in for at least a few more mid-major titles. There is plenty of time to finish out what figure to be a few more peak years, but unless he recovers his best form, his legacy is already scripted for his retirement plaque.



 

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